05-04_int-rotary-rig.html (May-2005)

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	Apr 2005 Vol. 226 No. 4

International Rotary Rig Count					Monthly average
		Feb 2005		Jan 2005		Febn 2004
Region		Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore	Land	Offshore

CANADA		590	3	547	3	565	3
EUROPE		20	30	20	33	26	43
	Germany	4	0	4	1	3	1
	Italy	4	1	3	1	6	1
	Netherlands	0	3	0	2	0	4
	Norway	0	12	0	15	0	19
	Poland	1	0	1	0	7	0
	United Kingdom	1	13	1	9	0	13
	Others	10	1	11	5	10	5
MIDDLE EAST*		158	24	160	25	148	25
	Abu Dhabi	10	3	9	3	10	5
	Iran	34	9	31	10	28	9
	Oman	32	0	34	0	37	0
	Saudi Arabia	30	3	29	3	29	4
	Syria	22	0	21	0	25	0
	Turkey	4	0	4	0	4	0
	Others	26	9	32	9	15	7
AFRICA		77	20	76	20	61	25
	Algeria	20	0	19	0	17	0
	Egypt	23	3	21	7	19	9
	Libya	9	1	9	1	9	1
	Nigeria	1	8	2	7	1	6
	Sudan	18	0	18	0	10	0
	Others	6	8	7	5	5	9
LATIN AMERICA		249	68	246	61	205	64
	Argentina	73	1	73	1	63	0
	Brazil	10	16	10	16	10	15
	Colombia	13	0	14	0	8	0
	Mexico	84	35	81	29	72	33
	Venezuela	51	13	54	13	38	14
	Others	18	3	14	2	14	2
FAR EAST		119	111	124	95	114	79
	Australia	7	9	7	9	8	5
	China, offshore	0	13	0	12	0	11
	India	47	28	50	28	44	21
	Indonesia	33	25	30	21	32	13
	Malaysia	0	13	0	9	0	12
	Myanmar	8	3	8	2	9	0
	Pakistan	9	1	15	0	9	0
	Thailand	1	7	1	5	0	5
	Vietnam	1	8	1	6	0	8
	Others	13	4	12	3	12	4

TOTAL		1,213	256	1,173	237	1,119	239
Source: Baker Hughes Inc. * No data available for Iraq.

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